Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2011, 1:13 PM MDT for Crowley County, Kiowa County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2011, 1:13 PM MDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2011, 1:31 PM MDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 583 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
635
WUUS55 KPUB 111913
SVRPUB
COC025-061-089-112015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0003.110511T1913Z-110511T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
113 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 215 PM MDT
* AT 112 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CHERAW...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN CROWLEY...EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN OTERO AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3825 10335 3825 10339 3817 10339 3816 10347
3838 10358 3841 10333
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 168DEG 10KT 3820 10342
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
611
WWUS55 KPUB 111926
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
126 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011
COC025-111936-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110511T2015Z/
CROWLEY CO-
126 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3825 10335 3825 10339 3820 10339 3820 10347
3839 10348 3840 10347 3841 10333
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 181DEG 8KT 3822 10341
$$
COC061-089-112015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110511T2015Z/
OTERO CO-KIOWA CO-
126 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
KIOWA AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM MDT...
AT 125 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ARLINGTON...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING
NORTH AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN OTERO AND SOUTHWESTERN
KIOWA COUNTIES.
THIS STORM HAS SHOWN A WEAKENING TREND BETWEEN 120 PM AND 125 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3825 10335 3825 10339 3820 10339 3820 10347
3839 10348 3840 10347 3841 10333
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 181DEG 8KT 3822 10341
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$291
WWUS55 KPUB 111931
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
131 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011
COC061-089-111941-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110511T2015Z/
OTERO CO-KIOWA CO-
131 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA AND EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3825 10335 3825 10339 3820 10339 3820 10347
3839 10348 3840 10347 3841 10333
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 181DEG 8KT 3823 10341
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 12:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 30 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.